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I don't have to tell you what everyone knows about the summer of 2020. No flight to the azure coasts of the world! Curfews, contact ban, hotel and restaurant bankruptcies, closures. News after news, questions after questions - annoying, unavoidable pastime.
Then I'll take the coasts of southern France home! Works semi. My apartment looks a little bit like the Cote d'azur. Unfortunately in Hamburg and the pollen is already annoying. At least some sun. I spray this new pearl of Lauder on my skin on sunny Sunday morning and go out on the balcony with fresh orange juice.
It's wonderful. The fragrance has less to do with the 2019 "Fraiche" version. More with Tom Ford's neroli Portofino. Well, we've got that pretty good out there, don't we? Wait. Appearances are deceiving. Yes, Neroli is there, but the bitter orange paired with a load of chemical lemon makes an announcement first, then pauses for the prelude to the Neroli/Fig Cream outcry! Wow, what a station wagon. You can do it like this, but it's not good enough for a smooth school grade 1. more like 2.
I am thinking of Via Camerelle EdT from Carthusia. The Italians can do better. More natural, more cytrical and also creamier. But I don't want to complain. Lauder is less focused on niches. The masses should like it as much as possible.
Yeah, so Bronze Goddess in turquoise tones. It's pretty neroli flowery after 30 minutes. For me it's definitely more flowery feminine of the azure. A bit pink and pink there as well, great bottle and nice durability. Girlishly young and really turquoise creamy. Someone must have been told in the lab that I want the 2020 Flanker fragrance to really smell turquoise! Such a light sea note comes over. Musk, cedar and coconut are only side occupations, but they still linger for hours. Shines at arm's length.
Something in me thinks of the Mugler Cologne and bang, suddenly I realize that he has the DNA of the Eau Fraiche 2018 and 2019. But unfortunately not so good in my eyes. But I don't want to be too strict, it's a good one, but suffers somewhere from an overload of notes and transition problems from fresh to creamy woody. Always a light musky chemical club.
I'm very critical now, notice for yourself, I can still recommend it for the year 2020. maybe I'm already woozy in the head from all the lemon scented disinfectant. I smell like toilet stone every day. The Lauder is really good enough for this pandemic and still surpasses most 4711 colognes of drugstores around the world. The best cheap alternative to it is even the 4711 - Remix Cologne - 225 years. There is a lot of similarities, except for that turquoise fig milk note.

As soon as the first plane leaves I hope to be back in Nizza, I do not know yet if I will take this scent with me, but there are simply better alternatives to a nevertheless well made Bronze Goddes Flanker.
I forgive this one heavy note of turquoise and sun milk in the evening when I notice how beautiful it stands on the shelf next to the big "Fraiche" sister from 2019.

Prada's Highline series doesn't go to shit. Many high-quality fragrances and of course a musk offshoot. This one immediately reminded me of a nearby scent manager. Musc Shamal (2019).
Musc Shamal by Armani is truly a special musk scent, I would not have thought that there are so many differences among all the musk scents. I felt I had 100 pieces under my little nose, but so many similarities as Prada and Armani are rather rare. Fraternal twins, I'd almost say. The firstborn introduces himself:

Earth, moon dust, baby powder, white curd soap, rose, textile cleaner, cold chemistry, vanilla ice, superglue, Hansaplastpflaster, dentist atmosphere, gray woods, benzoe fog.

For me, it's more asexual than unisex. Rather dead than alive and also mystical, mysterious and evil. He's taking it, but he's not even very loud! 250 € worth? I might. Better than the second born of Armani? Not really. Armani manages to get more cute in here. A little more joie de vivre. But family remains family and both are lovable, even if from different parents

I love the Prive series. My first was Alhambra Oranger. I'm afraid I can't get any more. There follows 3 more and today I let myself be surprised by the 2019 creation in Hamburg. Musk, then. I'm generally musk-flavored horny! Already in 1999 I have dieselled myself with Musk from The Body Shop. When I was told that this wasn't a real musk I had to be enlightened in Dubai! Boy, boy. There were animalistic biting scents. The creation of Armani, on the other hand, he comes from the fraction good chemistry. Now I describe what I perceive: lemon sorbet, baby powder, white curd soap, rose, textile cleaner, cold chemistry, vanilla ice cream, superglue, Hansaplastpflaster = musk Shamal. Here you go.

Interesting choice of perfumers. It is portable, holds well, but is rather mediocre in its Sillage. Somehow she fits well on a doctor's coat. Maybe even a sexy dentist from the Orient. He's unsisex to asexual. The amoeba among luxury fragrances. When they take the suede away from the scent of Tom Ford - "White Suede" they almost have the Musc Shamal! Is that what you want? Well, I'd dare. But I just spent 280 € on something else. Stupid

I fell in love with that scent pretty fast. I confess that I always like an opening with mandarin. Maybe that's because I'm a total fan of Bronze Goddes by Lauder. Imagine an intense version with a focus on musk, pineapple, vanilla and suede! No coconut! No Tiare Flower!
The last components in the fragrance leave something dirty and clean at the same time. Something slightly metallic, mineral, dusty. But it's actually a cream cuddle mix in the base. Just to feel good. The opening is clearly mandarin. The pineapple and the suede are always in the background. The metallic notes fade and become a skin cream scent. It remains soft leather with a dash of pineapple and musk. Really one of the most beautiful fragrances in 2019. The price is unfortunately quite high. Which one of me would like to report what. In the next days I will try to describe more fragrances here. BDK makes great cinema with great flacons. Who still knows the old Musk scents of Tom Ford will love Creme de Cuir!

What a great limited edition. 250€ is already something. Class flacons only the shield could come loose. Wonderfully great with the gem-heads.
The scent is a gourmand for me. He's got this purple veil. Smells like sun, sand, patchouli cream. The top notes can't exist there. Maybe a plum. The balm at the end is a dream. Reminiscent of dates and red fruits on vanilla sugar. More feminine. Lasts 10 hours and turns heads. He's luscious. More likely to play winter and evening. This piece of gold has been used by others before. Nothing new either, but it smells of quality. I can mention alternatives again later. Seen in Hamburg. Hamburger Hof Perfumery. 20 % discount on Sunday 3.11.19 / if you like cheaper access. It's not always easy to get limited stuff cheap.